Chapter 156 The Development of Hong Kong Entertainment! The Five Major Record Companies in Hong Kong!!

July 29, 1978.

Saturday.

Liang Shuyi submitted her resignation letter yesterday to Lin Xiufeng, the major shareholder of Jiayi TV. Last night, the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV were already aware of it.

In particular, Lin Xiufeng and the former largest shareholder, honorary chairman, and founder of Jiayi TV, He Zuozhi, knew that Liang Shuyi was powerless.

As for Liang Shuyi's hope that the major shareholder of Jiayi TV would spend 5 million Hong Kong dollars to solve the salary issue of more than 800 employees of Jiayi TV, in the end, Lin Xiufeng and others did not agree to spend that much money.

It’s not that they don’t have money, it’s that they don’t want to give it up.

Discussions went on and on, and among the six major shareholders, Lin Xiufeng shared part with them, and He Zuozhi used his own capital to share the majority.

As for whether the remainder is not enough, we can only wait until Jiayi TV is liquidated before calculating.

The six major shareholders are powerless when faced with the situation of Jiayi TV.

However, since Liang Shuyi took the blame and resigned.

Jiayi TV Station still exists before it is liquidated.

That night, they decided to let Li Xuelu take over the position of general manager Liang Shuyi.

The next day, Li Xuelu took office at the Jiayi TV Building, taking over Liang Shuyi's position.

at this time.

Liang Shuyi has resigned.

Yesterday, Liu Tianci and others held a management meeting of Jiayi TV to inform them that Liang Shuyi would take action to solve their two months' salary.

In addition, new jobs will be arranged for them.

As for what kind of new jobs Liang Shuyi will arrange for more than 800 of them?

Liu Tianci and others did not say anything.

Even so, it appeases the people of Jiayi TV Station.

When it was confirmed that Jiayi TV was really going to close down, more than 800 Jiayi TV employees were panicked.

This morning.

The shareholders of Jiayi TV suddenly announced that Li Xuelu would take over Liang Shuyi's position. More than 800 employees of Jiayi TV still felt panicked.

Li Xuelu joined TVB in 1967 and was in charge of advertising and TV station business development. He was later promoted to assistant to the managing director.

In 1976, just when his career was flourishing, he was accused of receiving commissions from internal salesmen of the TV station and was imprisoned. He became the first executive in the history of Hong Kong TV to be imprisoned.

Constitutional prison, bitter prison, everything changes with time.

After he was released from prison, various TV stations including TVB rushed to recruit him, and now he was invited by the major shareholder of Jiayi TV Station to take over Liang Shuyi's position.

When Li Xuelu saw the financial situation of Jiayi TV, he was helpless.

The six major shareholders of Jiayi TV only provided HKD 3 million.

This money can barely cover one month's salary, and it can no longer be spent on other aspects.

. . .

Liang Shuyi returned from the mid-level villa in Repulse Bay.

When she got home, she still didn't know what Mr. Yang had arranged for her to do.

Thinking about my current situation, as long as I don't return to TVB, I can have a place of peace of mind, which is already very good.

Early the next day.

Liang Shuyi dressed herself up and drove to the Federal Building.

When she arrived at the Federal Building Empire Group, she learned that Mr. Yang had not come yet.

Today was originally Saturday, and Yang Ming was resting at home.

Yang Ming still took the time to come to Empire Games to check out the status of Pac-Man.

During this time, "Pac-Man" has been in internal testing and is basically ready for release.

Yang Ming finished breakfast.

"Peter, do you still have to go to work today, Saturday?" Li Yufang asked distressedly.

"Mommy, I'm going to the company to arrange Miss Liang's work."

"You mean Miss Liang Shuyi?"

Yang Ming nodded.

Yang Ming got into the Rolls Royce.

Come to the Federal Building.

Go up to the 28th floor.

At this time, many people at Imperial Games were working overtime, including Tomohiro Nisikado and those Toyo R&D personnel.

Yang Ming's arrival surprised Nisikado Tomohiro.

"boss."

Tomohiro Nisikado greeted.

"I'll just come and take a look."

Yang Ming took a look at the internal testing of "Pac-Man".

In Yang Ming's opinion, it was a bit similar to Snake, but not exactly the same. He didn't expect that in history, in addition to being a classic masterpiece of Namco, this game actually had more sales and revenue than "Space Invaders" 》.

Yang Ming found that in current internal tests, there are basically no problems and the smoothness is also very good.

As for comparison with "Space Invaders", in Yang Ming's opinion, it is actually about the same.

After Yang Ming read it.

Go upstairs.

At this time, there are people working overtime at the Imperial Group.

Like General Manager Meilisi.

When Liang Shuyi came over just now, she had been waiting for Yang Ming to come over.

"Mr. Yang."

Liang Shuyi stood up and said hello.

"Ms. Liang, come into my office."

Lin Xiuzhi has rested today.

Now Yang Ming personally made a cup of coffee for himself and Liang Shuyi.

Liang Shuyi was a little touched. She didn't expect that a rich man like Mr. Yang would actually make coffee for her.

While Yang Ming was sitting there drinking coffee, he looked at Liang Shuyi and said, "Huang Xizhao has done a good job as the general manager of Asia Television. I will not touch him."

Liang Shuyi has long been mentally prepared. How can she be qualified to be the general manager of Asia Television if she is a loser?

As for other program directors, production directors, etc., in Liang Shuyi's view, they are also okay.

Yang Ming asked with a smile: "Miss Liang, where do you think you are suitable?"

What position?

In fact, Liang Shuyi has worked in many departments of TVB, such as assistant to the general manager, producer, program director, etc. She has worked in all of them.

Do you want to say that she is all-round?

Is that possible?

However, she is familiar with all departments of the TV station and can get started quickly.

"Mr. Yang, I think all departments of the TV station are OK, even the logistics are no problem." Liang Shuyi said.

Yang Ming said: "There are more than 800 people in Jiayi TV Station, there are still too many people. Asia Television cannot take over so many people at once, so they have to be divided. Some of them will join Jiayi TV Station and continue to do their original work, and the other part will be divided to the new company I founded."

New company?

Yang Ming continued: "I know that TVB has a record company."

The record company under TVB he is talking about.

It is Huaxing Records.

Huaxing Records is a subsidiary of TVB. Five years after TVB was established, the group company began to layout in the record industry.

In 1971, Huaxing Records was established, and in 1975 Huaxing established the record business department.

But throughout the 1970s, the establishment of Huaxing Records was mainly to serve TVB's film and television dramas. It was only a carrier of Shaw Brothers' films and TVB TV series songs, and did not sign any independent singers.

It was not until 1982 that Huaxing Records welcomed its first signed singer Chen Meiling, and then signed singers such as Zhang Guorong, Chen Jieling and Anita Mui, and the company's scale became larger and larger.

It can be said that from joining Huaxing in 1982 to switching to Cinematheque in 1986 when his contract expired, Zhang Guorong was the popular "number one" of Huaxing Records. Before Zhang Guorong became popular with "1ONICA", his status was impacted by Luo Wen, but with the support of veterans such as Lai Siu-tin and Chen Shufen, Zhang Guorong's "number one" status was still very stable.

Because of the support of TVB and the selection of talents by programs such as the New Talent Singing Contest, the talent team of Huaxing Records has not been interrupted. The first stop for newcomers such as Lu Fang, Du Dewei, Xu Zhian, Su Yongkang, Liang Hanwen, and Chen Yixun to debut is to sign with Huaxing Records.

After Zhang Guorong moved to New Art Treasure Records in 1987, Huaxing Records' "No. 1" was left unattended, and the male singers' camp was old and young. Lu Fang, Xu Zhian and others had just started to grow, Luo Wen had passed his peak, and the only popular singer was Anita Mui from the female camp.

In 1991, Aaron Kwok returned to Hong Kong to develop and signed a record contract with Huaxing Records. This move was considered to be Huaxing Records' efforts to build momentum for the new "No. 1".

In 1992, Huaxing Records promoted Aaron Kwok to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings. After five years, Huaxing Records finally welcomed its own popular "No. 1".

However, Huaxing Records' business strategy does have some problems. It cannot retain talents, especially popular talents. Aaron Kwok signed with Warner Records after two years at Huaxing Records, and Huaxing lost its "number one" again.

When this "giant" in the local record industry failed to get any of the four kings, Huaxing Records never gained any advantage in the competition in the 1990s.

It could not retain popular singers, and new singers chose to change jobs as soon as their contracts expired. By the mid-1990s, Huaxing Records could no longer continue.

In 1996, Huaxing Records was acquired by the South China Morning Post Group. A large record company that had existed for more than 20 years was heading towards its "existence in name only" in the midst of wind and rain.

There is such a saying in the Hong Kong music scene that in 1974, Cinderella's song "Tears and Laughter" and Xu Guanjie's "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" marked the entry of Hong Kong modern Cantonese pop songs into the eyes of fans.

If 1974 is taken as the timeline, then modern Hong Kong music has a full 48-year history.

From the exploration and development in the 1970s to the full-line popularity in the 1980s, and then to the "dominance" of Chinese pop music in the 1990s, the ancestors of Hong Kong music were indeed generous.

When Li Ming and Zhang Xueyou faded out at the end of 1999, the era of the Four Heavenly Kings came to an end, and Hong Kong music declined and has not yet recovered.

During the heyday of Hong Kong music, there were the best singers in the Chinese pop music scene, and there were also several giants in the record industry. Hong Kong music once had five major records: Polygram, Huaxing, Warner, EMI and BMG.

Hong Kong music has always been dominated by Polygram, even though Huaxing has the "geographic advantage" and Warner has the "time".

The remaining EMI and BMG are both "diamond-level" opponents of "Little Times", although EMI once had Luo Wen, Lin Zixiang, and Chen Boqiang, and BMG had signed Liu Dehua, Anita Mui and Cheng Yijian.

At this time, it was just 1978, and the real music in Hong Kong had not yet developed.

At this time, if Yang Mingjie gave up the Xiangjiang Record Company, it could be said to be very smooth.

"Mr. Yang, you mean the Huaxing Record Company of TVB? It has no function, it just assists the TV station and Shaw Brothers Film and Television Services."

Liang Shuyi is right, Huaxing has not risen yet.

However, it was different in history.

"I plan to establish Asia Record Company, which is an independent company, and has an equal status with Asia Television. You will serve as the first general manager of Asia Record Company."

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